Nethercleugh railway station
Nethercleugh railway station was a station which served the rural area around Nethercleugh and the estate of Jardine Hall, 3 miles north of Lockerbie in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Nethercleugh is now at Lockerbie.
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Steven's Croft power station
Steven's Croft is a wood-fired power station near Lockerbie in Scotland. It started energy production in 2008. It is operated by E.ON and produces 44 MW of electricity, burns 60% waste from timber production, 20% coppiced wood, and 20% recycled fibre. It claims to save 140,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases a year. It uses 480,000 tonnes of fuel per year to produce 126 MW of thermal energy, and the boiler is optimised to run at 537 °C and 13.7 megapascals (137 bars) of pressure. Aqueous wastes are dispersed using a wetland filtering system.
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Millhousebridge
Millhousebridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid a' Mhuilinn) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Millhousebridge is centrally located between Lochmaben and Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway. Generally, both towns are within a 3 to 5-mile radius of the hamlet, making it a short drive or cycle from either.
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Applegarthtown
Applegarthtown, also known as Applegarth or Applegirth, is a village near Lockerbie in Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Applegarthtown is situated on the east bank of the River Annan close to its junction with the Nethercleugh Burn. it is five kilometres (3.1 mi) west of Lockerbie. The name is derived from the Old Norse and means "apple-yard" or "orchard". Edward I of England offered oblation at a chapel in the parish in 1300 on his way to Caerlaverock.
The Jardine chiefs were established at Applegarth by the 14th century, The original seat of the Jardines of Applegarth was at Spedlins Tower, constructed in the 15th century over the site of a previous tower which had been the family seat since the 12th century. In the early 19th century the family seat was moved across the River Annan to Jardine Hall. The 7th Baronet of Applegirth, Sir William Jardine (1800–1874), was a well known naturalist and geologist.
There is believed to have been a church at Applegarthtown since the early 7th century. The current church, built in 1760, was closed in 2023 and was sold in 2025 by the Church of Scotland to the owners of the manse, who raised the purchase price by crowdfunding from Jardine family members and others. Friends of Applegarth Church has been registered as a charity.
Applegarth Primary School was founded by the Jardine family in the 19th century and is about three kilometres (1.9 mi) north north east of the village, across the A74(M) motorway. It was renovated and reopened in 1994.
The Applegarthtown Wildlife Sanctuary at nearby Dryfeholm was established in 1984 by converting a piece of low productivity agricultural land into a wetland to attract resident and migratory birds. An artificial sand bank was also created and this was colonised by sand martins. This has allowed scientists to study the breeding behaviour of the birds and has provided an example which has been replicated elsewhere.
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Annandale Way
The Annandale Way is a 90-kilometre (56 mi) hiking trail in Scotland, which is officially designated by NatureScot as one of Scotland's Great Trails. It follows the valley of the River Annan from its source in the Moffat Hills to the sea in the Solway Firth south of the town of Annan. The route, which was established on 12 September 2009, has been designed to be traversable in four to five days as a continuous walk but it also offers several day-walks. Overnight stops can be arranged in small market towns and villages along the route such as Moffat, Johnstonebridge, Lochmaben, Lockerbie, or Annan. The route has been developed by Sulwath Connections and local communities, with the support of local estates and farmers, to help promote Annandale as a new area for walking. Its trailheads are near the Devil's Beef Tub in the Moffat Hills and on the Solway Firth just south of Annan, in Newbie.
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